First Dates Ireland

South African model Federica rattles the nerve of Donegal accountant Lee. Waiter Simon dines out with his bald and bearded doppelänger Tynan and James and Amy Lee get off to a super start.

Will architecture student Alannah Rose find her design for life in free spirited Dawn? Dental nurse Ciara returns to the restaurant for a cheeky Nandos with self-confessed player Kias.

Shy student Barry has his eyes opened by self-styled work of art Jordan and outspoken South African office manager Kirk forgets his manners with South Dublin singleton Carolyn.

Passions ignite once more as young hearts, lively suitors and slow burners come together for a smouldering new series of First Dates.

Homebird Emily from Waterford comes in search of her ‘lobster’ but will she end up holding claws with travel enthusiast Corey from Cork?

In the third episode of the series, daters include a rock musician from Dublin and a basketball player from Cork who are looking for love.

Series six kicks off, with Maitre d' Mateo, master-mixologist Ethan, plus Alice and Pete at the ready for a group of new hopefuls searching for love.

Former Dancing with the Stars and Big Brother contestant, Hughie Maughan, finds himself on a date with Paul, and is hoping to leave with a dancing partner rather than doing a solo routine. And could it be game on when Gabrielle from Dublin embarks on a voyage of discovery with adventurous Shamrock Rovers groundskeeper John?

Nurse Carla comes to the restaurant looking for someone to ‘have a laugh with’ only to be dumbstruck by tattooed bad boy Shez from Dundalk

Mateo and the team return for series eight, as more hopefuls keen to find romance enter the First Dates restaurant.

Eight more hopefuls enter the Restaurant of Romance, under the watchful eyes of Mateo, Alice, Pete, and Neil.

A fresh sitting of daters arrives to sample the food of love, but now the tables are intimate and the masks are off. On hand, as always, is Maitre'D Mateo.

Singletons from far and wide hope to find their forever love in the restaurant of romance.

In the First Dates restaurant relishing each other’s spicy flavour, Megan from North Carolina and retired quantity surveyor Aidan from Dublin get good and saucy over dinner.

Looking for love in the restaurant of romance this week, Stan – the restaurant’s oldest ever dater – celebrates his 86th birthday with returning 80-year-old dater Lorraine.

There's a new set of daters in the First Dates restaurant as series 11 kicks-off. Single mother Boo (32) meets hyperconfident, self-confessed ‘wreck the head’ tattoo artist Lisa.

Twin sisters Gigi and Edgy from Meath (32) arrive for a double date; actress Sorcha (30) from Drimnagh arrives to the restaurant in search of ‘the Forever One’.

Our most mature daters ever prove that some of the best love songs are classics. At 89, former showband frontman Kevin from Swords meets sprightly 88-year-old Georgina from Cabra.